Los Angeles, Dec 10 (IANS) Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson had cancer on his cheek, but the “Modern Family” star revealed about his health only after undergoing a procedure to remove the growth. He played it…
Los Angeles, Dec 10 (IANS) Filmmaker J.J. Abrams wants to change the fact that none of the “Star Wars” films have been directed by a woman so far. “The Force Awakens” director said he would…
Pyongyang, Dec 10 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has admitted for the first time that Pyongyang possesses a hydrogen bomb, state-owned media reported on Thursday. “The state managed to become a powerful nuclear power…
Melbourne, Dec 10 (IANS) Smartphones will become obsolete within five years and would be replaced with artificial intelligence, according to a consumer survey by the Ericsson owned ConsumerLab. Half of the study’s respondents said they…
Toronto, Dec 10 (IANS) Young composer and singer Anirudh Ravichander, who will be performing at the Powerade Centre in Brampton here on Saturday, has dedicated his concert to victims of flood-hit Chennai. Ravichander, who has…
Los Angeles, Dec 10 (IANS) A movie based on the graphic novel “Romeo and Juliet: The War” is in development at 1821 Media and Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment, who have teamed up with production banner…
Washington, Dec 10 (IANS) People with higher levels of narcissism select more unique and expensive products, said a new study. What’s more, narcissism can even be induced in customers through marketing techniques, the researchers said….
Tripoli, Dec 10 (IANS/AKI) The leader of the Islamic State (IS) terror group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has “fled” to Libya and is based in the group’s stronghold of Sirte. According to a report on Wednesday,…
Actress Jiah Khan. (File Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Dec 10 (IANS) The CBI has concluded in its charge-sheet that US-born actress Jiah Khan committed suicide on June 3, 2013, following a disturbed relationship with actor Sooraj…
Mumbai, Dec 10 (IANS) Actress-designer Mandira Bedi is still loved by many for essaying a strong-willed woman in the 1990s popular TV drama “Shanti – Ek Aurat Ki Kahani”. But she says she doesn’t see…
Chennai, Dec 10 (IANS) Actor Ravi Teja, who goes by the sobriquet Mass Maharaja, swears by the title and says that as long as audiences accept him in his mass avatars, he doesn’t see the…
New York, Dec 10 (IANS) A pesticide used prior to the early 1980s and found in milk at that time may be associated with signs of Parkinson’s disease in the brain, researchers reveal. The link…
Washington, Dec 10 (IANS) An Indian-American couple has gifted $4.4 million to the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) of Berkeley to establish and endow the first Centre for Dharma Studies in the US. Ajay and Mira…
London, Dec 10 (IANS) Scientists from University College London have designed a new sensor for detecting multiple explosives like DNT, RDX and PETN simultaneously which are hard to detect using sniffer dogs. The sensor can…
Mexico City/New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) At a time when India is struggling with rising number of dengue cases with each passing year, the Mexican government has approved the world’s first anti-dengue vaccine which is…
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Britain has announced around 300 new scholarships worth over 1.5 million pounds during 2016-17 for Indian students opting for studies in Britain. “Around 300 new scholarships for Indian students will…
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha witnessed repeated disruptions for the third day on Thursday over the National Herald case with Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi urging the chair…
Washington, Dec 10 (IANS) Visiting Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and US Defence Secretary Ash Carter are holding talks here Thursday focusing on strengthening and deepening defence cooperation under the US-India strategic partnership. Carter, who…
Islamabad, Dec 10 (IANS) Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan has said that India’s Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj did not discuss resumption of cricketing ties with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during her visit…
Tamil Nadu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, during his visit to flood affected areas in Tamil Nadu on Dec 3, 2015. (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) AIADMK…